Cuff and neckband press.



L. H. FREEMAN.

CUFF AND NECKBAND PRESS. APPLICATION FILED AUG.10.19I0. RENEWED 05c. 10. 1915.

1,190,280. v lntentedJulyll, 3816.

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L. H. FREEMAN.

CUFF AND NECKBA-ND PRES-S. 7 APPLICATION FILED AUG.10I 1910. RE'NEWED mac. 10. I915.

1,190,280. PatentedJulyll, 1916.

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LADBROOK H. FREEMAN, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 11, 1916.

Application filed August 10, 1910, Serial No. 576,533. Renewed December 10, 1915. Serial No. 66,223.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, LADBROOK H. FREE- MAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county at Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuff and Neckband Presses, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to ironing presses, and contemplates the employment of a suitable former upon which a cuff or neck band is placed, together with suitable dies adapted to be closed upon the cuff on the former and to iron the same, heat being applied to the several parts.

The invention may be further briefly summarized as consisting in the construction and combination of parts hereinafter set forth in the following description, drawings and claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a machine constructed according to my invention; Fig. 2 is a detail view of a part of the operating mechanism, as well as showing the mounting of the former, its support, and heating means; Fig. 3 is .a front elevation of the ironing head: Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of the same; Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the steam connection for one of the ironing dies; Fig. 6 is a detail view of one of the headers used in supplying the heating medium to the dies and other parts; and Fig. 7 is a sectional view showing the steam connections for theformer.

In carrying out the invention any pre ferred form and construction of parts may be employed so long as they possess the necessary features, but I have shown one form which is highly effective in operation, and in such embodiment, 1 represents a suitable column or support provided at its upper end with a member 2 to which is secured a suitable ironing die support 3 having two pairs of downwardly extending bearings 4., in the rear pair of which are mounted suitable hollow trunnions '5 and in the front pair of which are mounted threaded studs 6 which are secured in suitable dies 7 and 8, the rear hollow trunnions 5 being also secured in the rear portions of the same dies. These dies are of substantially the configuration shown, are hollow, and have their opposed faces provided with curved portions and flat faces extending from the front to the rear and diverging from each other from front to rear. These dies are adapted to be heated and to form the means whereby pressure is exerted on the cuff as will later be described. Upon the outside and near the lower end of each of these dies 7 and 8 is a cam lug 9 for a purpose to be descrlbed, and a pin 10 passing through a slot 11 in .a lip 12 of an ironing plate 13 which forms a continuation from one ironmg d e to the other and bridges a gap where the dies are separated at the top. This plate is provided with a reinforcing plate 14 adj acent the junction of the dies, and it is secured to one of the dies by suitable pins 15 passing through suitable ears 16 one on the front and one on the rear of one of the dies.

To the rear of each of the ironing dies and near the upper inward portion is a pin 17 both connected to a. chain 18. This chain 18 is connected to a long chain 19 which is connected with the treadle mechanism to be described. The normal tendency of these dies is to .assume an open position, and the chain is used for starting the dies into the open position after they have been released from the compressing mechanism to be described.

The ironing dies already described, co operate with a former, which will now be described, and it comprises a former member 20 which is substantially of the configuration of the space between the ironing dies when they are closed, except that it is smaller in order that it may receive a suitable padding 21 and an ironing cloth 22 which is held in place by suitable hooks 23. This former is hollow and is mounted upon a block 24 which is hollow also, and the openings in these parts are in communication. Threaded into the lower end of the block is a pipe 25 having, upon the lower end thereof a stuffing box member 26 and receiving within it a steam pipe 27 which is connected to a cast member 28 having an opening 28 therein and mounted upon a suitable shaft 29 shown in Fig. 7. A steam pipe connection 30 enters through a stufiing box 31 in the end of this member 28 and extends into the opening 28. A smaller live steam pipe 31' passes loosely in through the connection 30 into the opening 28' and fits loosely into an elbow connection 27 in the other opening of which is another small pipe 27 leading upward to deliver live steam to the former.

Secured to the member 28 and also to the shaft 29 is a stop arm 32 which extends upward in parallel alinement with the steam pipe 27 and the pipe 25,,and is adapted to engage at its upper end with a stop screw 33 carried by a lug 34 forming a part of the column 1. A spring 35 is arranged between the former and the member 28 for overcoming the piston and cylinder effect of the two pipes 25 and 27 and this spring is secured to a pin 36 rigid with the former and to a pin 37 rigidly secured to the member 28. n

The mechanism for operating the former consists of a suitable treadle 38 provided with an elliptical gear-segment 39 and a rearwardly extending tail portion 40 provided with an opening for receiving a hook 41 carried by the chain 19. The gear-segment 39 meshes with an elliptical gear-segment 42 mounted upon a shaft 43 secured in suitable bearing members 44 and 45, and this second elliptical gear-segment 42 is provided with a lever arm 46 carrying a pivot pin 47 passing through an opening in a rod 48 provided with an annular shoulder 49 adapted to receive the thrust of a sprin 50 arranged between the shoulder 49 and a boss 51 carried by an operating link 52 having a bifurcated upper end, the side portions 53 and 54 of which are secured to the block 24 by means of cap screws 55 and 56. Between these arms and cap screws are suitable cam plates 57 and 58 each provided with an outwardly extending cam lug 59 adapted for engagement with the corresponding cam lug 9 carried by the corresponding ironing die. The boss 51 is provided with a slot 60 for receiving a pin 61 carried by the rod 48, and the arrangement at this point is such that there is a yielding connection between the parts. A suitable handle 62 is secured to the cam plate 58 for shifting the former from one position to the other upon the release of the presser mechanism.

In operating the machine, the user places a cufl upon the ironing cloth covering the padding when the former is in the outward position, as shown in Fig. 1. This member is then moved back so that it is under the dies and the treadle 38 isoperated, with the result that the elliptical gear-segments cause the former to move upward with a quick motion and to finally compress the cuff against the ironing plate causing the dies to close in tightly upon the former with a very slow high pressure movement. This final pressure is brought about by the elliptical gears and also by the toggle action brought about by the link 52 and the lever arm 46. Upon the completion of the ironing operation, the pressure is then relieved by the following mechanism :Secured upon a suitable standard 63 is a pin 64 for a treadle 65 which is provided with a pin 66, shown in dotted lines in Fig.- 1, and

treadle 65, which is then in its upper pos1- 7 tion, is moved down with the result that the pin 66 carried by this treadle engages the wall of the slot 67 and causes the tail portion 40 to move downward, with the result that the elliptical gear-segments are moved into normal position, and the former is drawn down from engagement with the dies when it may be shifted out into its forward position ready for another operation. Steam is preferably supplied to the dies and to the former by means of a header mechanism comprising a cast body portion 68 provided with pipe connections 69 connected by a pipe 70 with the hollow trunnions of each of the dies. The main body portion 68,, is provided with an upper longitudinal opening 71 and a lower longitudinal opening 72, the former being connected to a port 73 leading to an opening in the connection 69, the latter being connected with a port 74 in which is screwed a pipe 75 which extends in through the connection 69, through the pipe 70, through the hollow trunnion to a point near the bottom of the corresponding ironing die. This pipe 75, in each case, serves as a drain for the water from the ironin dies. A suitable steam inlet connection 6 is provided upon the main body portion 68 of the header and it receives a pipe 77 connected with the upper longitudinal opening 71. The body portion 68 is still further provided with a connection 78 for receiving a pipe 79 which forms an exhaust and it is in communication with the lower opening 72.

' Having described my invention, I claim 1. In an ironing press, pivoted dies having ironing faces, a former coiiperating with said dies, an ironing plate carried by the dies and forming a continuous ironing surface and bridging the break between the dies, a reinforcing plate for said ironing plate and arranged adjacent the break be tween the dies, and means for moving the former.

2. In an ironing press, pivoted dies having ironing faces, a former cotiperating with said dies an ironing plate carried by the dies forming a continuous ironing surface and bridging the break between the dies, a reinforcing plate between the ironing plate and the dies adjacent the break between them, means for supporting said reinforcing plate, and means for moving the former.

3. In an ironing press, pivoted dies having ironing faces, a former cotiperating with said dies and adapted to close the same about the former, an ironing plate carried by the dies, forming a continuous ironing surface and bridging the break between the dies, a reinforcing plate for said ironing plate and secured to one of the dies and arranged adjacent the break between the dies, and means for shifting the former.

4. In an ironing press, a pair of pivoted dies adapted to normally assume an open position, a movable former adapted to cooperate with said dies to close the same, and means carried by the former and adapted to engage upon the outside of the lower portions of the dies to force them in against the former.

5. In an ironing press, a pair of opposed pivoted dies having free lower ends adapted to normally assume an open position a former cooperating with said dies and adapted to swing the dies inward toward its sides, and means carried by said former for engaging the free ends of the dies to cause them to be forced toward the sides of the former.

6. In an ironing press, a pair of opposed pivoted dies having free lower ends adapted to normally assume an open position a former cooperating with said dies and adapted to swing the dies inward toward its sides, and cams carried by said former for engaging the free ends of the dies to cause them to be forced toward the sides of the former.

7. In an ironing press, a pair of opposed pivoted dies adaptedto normally swing open by force of gravity and having free lower ends, a cam lug carried by the lower end of each die, a former cooperating with the dies and adapted upon its upward movement to bring about the closing of the dies against its sides, and suitable cams carried by the former and adaptedto engage the cam lugs and force the free ends of the dies tightly against the sides-of the former.

8. In an ironing press, a pair of opposed pivoted dies adapted to normally swing open by force of gravity and having free lower ends, an ironing plate carried by the dies, a cam lug carried by the lower end of each die, a former cooperating with the dies and adapted upon its upward movement to bring about the closing of the dies against its sides, and suitable cams carried by the former and adapted to engage the cam lugs I and force the free ends of the dies tightly against the sides of the former.

9. In an ironing press, a frame, a pressing member having pressing portions, a relatively movable pressing member cooperating therewith, means for guiding the relatively movable pressing member, and mechanism including elliptical gear members for moving the relatively movable pressing member into engagement with the other pressing member.

10. In an ironing press, a frame, a pressing element, a pressing former supported in the frame in a manner to move into and out of pressing relation with respect to the pressing element, intermeshing elliptical gear members mounted in the frame, a treadle connected to one elliptical gear member, and suitable connections between the other elliptical gear member and the pressing former.

11. In an ironing press, a frame, a pressing element, a pressing former supported in the frame in a manner to move into and out of pressing relation with respect to the pressing element, intermeshing elliptical gear segments mounted in the frame, a treadle connected to one elliptical gear segment, and toggle links between the other elliptical gear segment and the pressing former.

12. In an ironing press, a frame, a pressing member having pressing portions, a former supporting member pivoted to the frame, a former, a telescoping connection between the former and the former supporting member, intermeshing elliptical gear-segments mounted in the frame, a treadle carried by one segment, toggle links between the other segment and the former, and yielding means between the pivot-point of the toggles and one of the toggle links.

13. In an ironing press, a frame, a pressing member having pressing portions, a former supporting member pivoted to the frame, a former, a telescoping connection between the former and the former supporting member, intermeshing elliptical gearsegments mounted in the frame, a treadle carried by one segment, toggle links between the other segment and the former, yielding means between the pivot-point of the toggles and one of the toggle links, and treadle mechanism for returning the parts to normal position.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHRISTINE H. TRESCH, B. W. BROCKETT. 

